Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15770, Alexander Glass, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Glass, Alexander
W. 15770
Jemima
CONTENTS

14003
3878
14003
New York
Alexander Glass
of Montgomery in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company command by Captain _____ of the Regt. command by Col. McIntire in the Ohio line for 14 mos 10 days 1 mo 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 53 Dollars 84 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of May 1833 and sent to Wm J Dody Johnstown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $107.28 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1 26.82
$134.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book _____ Vol. 4 Page 26

11.582
New York Albany widow of Jemima Glass (deed) who died on the Alexander Glap of _____ in the State of New York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ Comp. in the Revolution time for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 53 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Entry March 4/41
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Novr. 1835 and sent to Geo. C. Ames Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 171

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
November the 25 Alexander Glass were Married in
MARRIAGES.
Day 1779 and Jerimie Gustin Staford in Connecticut
Alexander Glass was born in Colchester
May the 1 1746
Both
Jerimie Gustin was born in Norwich
Sept the 4 1758
of Connecticut
Alexander Glass Departed this life on Thursday Jan 8 1834
Aged 88 years 8 months
18 days
Jerimie Glass

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
November the 17 th A D 1782 on friday in Stafford
June the 10 th A D 1784 on monday in Stafford
March the 8 th A D 1784 on monday in Stafford
April the 10 th A D 1786 on Monday in Shaftesbury in Vermont
May the 14 th A D 1788 on Wednesday in Shaftesbury
March the 23 rd A D 1791 on Saturday in Salome in York State
July the 3 rd A D 1793 on Wednesday in Shaftesbury
March the 23 rd A D 1801 Daughter to our daughter
Zariah Glass was Born our first Child
Alexander Glass was Born
Temima Glass was Born
Martin Glass was Born
Elam Glass was Born
John Glass was Born York State
Lucinda Glass was Born
Minnie Dexter was Born Jemima Dexter in Paris

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
Alexander Glass was Born June the last AD 1782
Lufina Hawley was Born March the twentieth 16th 1790
Gemima Glass was Born March 16 AD 1808
Corman Glass was Born May 25 AD 1810
Caroline Glass was Born October 12 AD 1811
Shadrack Glass was Born June 4 AD 1813
Glom Glass was Born February 18 AD 1815
Ann Glass was Born May 23 AD 1818
the Glass was Born March 4 AD 1820
BIRTHS.
Thomas Glass was Born September 13 AD 1822
Susana Glass was Born September AD 1822
Hannah Glass was Born October 3 AD 1824 = 1824
George Lucas Glass was Born March 4 AD 1827
Alexander Glass was Born May 12 - 1746 and his wife was Gemima Justin - 1748
Lucy Glass was Born May 24 AD 1829
Caleb Alexander Glass was Born May 21 1831
Thomas Glass was Born December 27 1832
1827

Family Record.
MARRIAGES.
Alexander Glass Jr was mar- ried to Lucinda Hawley June 27 January 1807 Both of Shaftsbury Vermont Bennington County
Jerimiah Glass was married to Sarah Cleveland of Westmoreland, She of Rome New York County of Onondaga January 3 1828
MARRIAGES.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836,
State of New York, } ss, County of Oneida.
me the undersigned On this 13 th day of March 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, of said county, Jermaine Clark a resident of Home in the county of aforesaid, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of Alexander Clark who was a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 and whose papers are on the file in the Pension office Washington.
She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Clark on the 25 th day of November in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine : that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander Clark died on the 20 th day of January 1834 : and that she had remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. This affidavit is made by her because from bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in Court Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before.
1832 in name. Simon Cornstock as Judge of Oneida Common Pleas
Jermaine Clark

Annals of Elizah Stalley busy daily from dawn and says Jimmie Glass is the widow of Alexander Glass deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner, and that the pensioned allowance ever since his death that the appraised record is the
from original records from the family bible Elizah Stalley from before me 13th March
1837 I certify he is a man of truth & veracity
Simon Comstock a Judge of Amador Common
De Sir
I John DeLana (late of St. Louis County do hereby certify that Simon Comstock before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Judge of Amador Co. That the above signature is in his own hand writing. Witness my hand and seal of office this 14th day of December 1837 - John DeLana Clerk
1629 Jimmie Glass Certif:
1629 In the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia vs. J. P. Johnson Indictment for a conspiracy to defraud the United States 1836

13 128
Alexander Goffs Montgomery Co. N.Y.
admitted
14 mo. Private
1 mo. 12 days. Sergeant
46.64
6.92
53.58
W. J. Dodge
Johnstown
N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Alexander G. G.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 - 8 Private Genl Spencer — Genl Robinson Coll Miigs 86 years Tradition of a Ser t warrant   1776 6 " Col l Woodhouse Col t St but winter 60 years   1777 1 12 Ser t Col t Genville Col t McLean —  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same)                      hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1852; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

SW007-13.028 @ Hypena Glap a Bemurien
75 with 60 Wm  Wedge Sturton

State of New York Montgomery County
On this 19 th day of September 1882 personally appeared in open court before Aaron Haring Abraham Marshall John Hand Henry P. Diefendorff & Samuel G. Smith  Samuel G. Smith the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County now sitting Alexander Glass a resident of the town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid State of New York & district aforesaid aged Eighty Six years the first day of May last. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers & commands herein stated
That in the year 1795 he lived in East Windsor Hartford County State of Connecticut that shortly after the war commenced he enlisted as a volunteer for 8 months to go to the defense of Boston under Lieutenant Commandant Elijah Root of Hartford in Connecticut the regiment was commanded by Col. Meigs of Middlesex. That he cannot now recollect the Genl but thinks it was Genl Spencer - That he served out his campaign at Boston of 8 months & was properly discharged but not in writing - That he was not in the engagement of Bunker Hill commonly called Bunker Hill but was drawn up at Roxbury with his Regiment in sight of the engagement
That in the year 1796 he enlisted as a volunteer for six months from the same place (East Windsor) to go to Ticonderoga under Col. Woodbridge of South Hadley - Captain's name cannot recollect. That he served out his term at the Garrison of Fort Ticonderoga for 6 months & was regularly discharged but not in writing.

That in the year 1777. he enlisted as first sergeant in the fifth Company (from the same place) in Col Samuel McCallums Regiment - Captain James Converse Company to go to Rhode Island for the term of six weeks - That he served his time out & was regularly discharged at Providence but not in writing - That his Serjeants Warrant is hereunto annexed - The date of which hereunto is unfortunately torn off
In answer to the questions. not before answered. I was born I was born in the town of Colchester Hartford County State of Connecticut on the first of May 1746. I have record of my age in my bible & also in the town records where born - I resided when enlisted as before stated & now reside in Johnstown. I served at all times as a volunteer - I belong to the Baptist Church & there is no clergyman of that church in my vicinity.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of army notes
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk Alexander Glaser

We, Joseph Balch & Jonathan Hosmer William Wallace residing in the town of Johnstown county of Montgomery hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Alexander Glasp who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we entertain no doubt of his veracity.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid — Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk Joseph Balch Jonathan Hosmer W. Wallace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after hearing the interrogations presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and lived as he states and further the court from the testimony that it appears to them that Joseph Balch & Jonathan Hosmer Alexander Glasp, who have signed the preceding certificate are both residents of the town of Johnstown in said county & are credible persons & their statements are entitled to credit —
I, Geo: D. Ferguson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Glasp for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 19th day of September 1832 —
Geo: D. Ferguson

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15 th 70
Jemima Glass Widow of Alexander Glass Per Brown
Act July 13 th 38
Index: Vol. A , Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4058.
REJECTED
P. O. _____
Jemima Glass
Service: widow of Alexander
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18

N o 2062. Femina Glaph. a
New York
Lt. G. C. Mearns, Sept 19/53 3 rd Ind. Inf. 28/53
July 1, 1838.

V N. York Jemima G. Lapham widow of A. & T. let to S. P. Johnson 24. Nov '38.
Act of Adm. 1838.

New York
Jemima Glasp
Recital
Let to B. P. Johnson July 5. 37
1838 4058

May 3 1883
Your clerk of Stafford in evidence of marriage of Thomas & Mary in our records
May 20
Prick
George G. Jones Esq
Washington
86

James M. [?], High Colonel [?] Commander of a [?] [?] by the State of Connecticut, to serve in [?] the State of Rhode
Given under my hand and seal this [?] day of [?], in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [?] and of the Independence of the United States the [?]
[Faint, illegible text]
Glass, Alexander Conn. W157710

Samuel M c Clellan, Esq; Colonel and Commander of a Battalion, raised by the State of Connecticut, to serve in or near the State of Rhode- Island,
TO
Alexander Glass
GREETING.
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, in and by the State of Connecticut, I do by these Pre- sents, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, constitute and ap- point you the said Alexander Glass to be the First Ser t in the Eighth Company, in the Bat- talion aforesaid, whereof I am Colonel. You are there- fore carefully and diligently to attend the said Office and Station according to the Duties thereof, and yourself to obey such Orders as you shall from Time to Time re- ceive from the Commander of said Battalion, for thens your superior Officers, agree- able to the Discipline of War, conformable to the Honorable Continental Con- gress, to the Trust reposed in you; for your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Hartford this 1 st Day of November
S. M c Clellan Col l
10th Conn N 159720

New York (Hb) Roll Jemima Glop. dec. also as the widow of Alexander,
Ad at July 7, 1838
$53:64 1/2 per share
to March 4, 1836
to March 4, 1841,
(She died Feb. 20, 1843)
Payable to Alexander Glop, Ad, one of said Alexander Glop, John Glop, Lucinda Lewis, and other heirs, &c
To Geo. C. Arms, Present.

Recd. Sept 29 th /53
Mr Randall

Pension Office, September 28 th 1853.
Sir:
I will be obliged if you will inform me to what time the pension of Alexander Glap, who was inscribed on the Albany Roll, under the Act of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of $53. 64 / 100 per annum, has been paid. I would submit the papers on which he was pensioned, for your consideration; but they have been misled, and can not be found.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Svt,
I was for evidence of death &c J. M. Malac Commissioner.
Died 2 d January 1834. Paid to his death.
F. Bush Auditor.
J. Burt, Esqr. 3 rd Auditor.

Pension Office
March 30. 1852.
Sir
I return herewith the power of Attorney Filed by you in the Case of Seminah Glass dec. Widow of Alexander, and inform you that no papers in support of her Claim can be found on our suspended or rejected files.
I am very Respectfully
Your Obed. Servt.
H T C Napier
for Com. of Pensions
George C. Ames Esq Present

Jemima Glap. widow of Absalom Glap Rome Oneida Co N.Y. Husband presumed under the act of 7 June 1832 at $53 44 for Ann died in 1834. Claimed for service in 1777, Alleged marriage in 1779. Not entitled under 1836 - Must be living on 23 August 1842 - to come under 1838 -

Town Clerks Office Stafford May 2 d 1853
Dear Sir
Yours of the 26 th has been Received Enclosed find a fee requesting me to Search the Records in this office for the Marriage of Alexander Glass and Lemina Castin I have faithfully made diligent Search of the Re- cords in this office and find no Record of the Marriage of Alexander Glass & Lemina Castin The records of marriages in this office up to 1820 are very imperfect and many no doubt up to that date were not put on record.
Respectfully Yours
To Geo C Ames Esq Washington D.C.
Marcus Howland Town Clerk

Washington Novr 8. 1852 James E Beach Esq Sir
Enclosed you will find a Power of Attorney and a declaration under the act of 7 May 1838 from the children of Lemmina Keap decd. Widow of Alexander Keap of New York. Mrs Keap's husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 May 1832, and she applied in her own right under the act of 4 July 1836 but as she was unable to produce satisfactory evidence of her marriage prior to the termination of her husband's service she did not succeed in getting her name placed on the pension roll.
The evidence on file will show that she was married before 1794 which will bring her claim clearly within the act of 7 July 1838, for which application is now made.
Very respectfully, Yours Obt Servt Geo. C. Ames

Washington Sept 27. 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo Sir,
Agreeably to your request I submit the following Statement of facts in the Case of Fenima Glap dec d Widow of Alexander Glap of N York.
Mrs. Glap's husband was pensioned under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of $53 33 per Annum for Service rendered in the Connecticut Militia. Which he received until his death which took place on 2 o January 1834.
After the passage of the act of 7 July 1838, Mrs. Glap. filed a claim to a pension under that act. Which Claim was suspended and remained so until her death -
Sometime last year, her Children executed to me a power of Attorney to examine the papers in her Case. Which I did - The only Memorandum that I found shows merely that Glap was allowed for Service rendered in the Militia of Connecticut in 1777. The names of the Officers I omitted to mention - Since then the papers have been lost or mislaid, and

Cannot now be referred to. It appears from a letter addressed to B P Johnson in March 1838 that Mrs Glap was required to sustain her husband's statement as to his services by the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut.
I have lately furnished proof which is deemed sufficient to establish the marriage prior to 1754 but you state in your report to me of the 19 th inst. "If the Children of Mrs Glap or her old Neighbors have any knowledge of the Officers under whom her husband served they should comply with the requisition made upon their Mother!" This is altogether impracticable and if insisted upon amounts to a rejection of the claim.
It is unnecessary for me to say to you that the only evidence relating to the service in the Militia of Connecticut in the war of the Revolution is to be found in the "Pay Rolls," or settlements with the Officers - Glap has been dead nearly 20 years. At the time of his death he resided in another State - and it is not at all probable that either his Children or his Neighbors can at this distant day furnish any information as to his services or the names of the Officers under whom it was performed - and without such information it will as you are aware be entirely useless to apply to the Comptroller.

of Connecticut for his Certificate. The papers, with his declaration from which alone his Children could derive the information which would enable them to comply with your requisition having been lost or mislaid and thereby placed beyond their reach, to insist upon their meeting this demand as I have before stated amounts to a rejection of the Claim.
Congress in passing the joint Resolution of the 12 th May, 1848. discontinued the practice which had grown up in the Pension Office, of requiring the widow to prove that her husband was justly allowed a pension - Mr. Glap did not live sufficiently long to reap the benefits of that act - And as the only means left by which it could be ascertained whether the husband's pension was "justly granted" (from the facts of the Claimant's) cannot now be resorted to it would appear to be but just and justice both to the Claimant and to the Officers of the Government to suppose that the evidence furnished by him was good and sufficient to establish the service for which he was allowed a pension.
With this statement I submit the case to your better judgment as to

What a just and right in the premises,
I have the honor to be, very Respectfully,
Yours at Part
Geo. C. Adams,
Jemima Glap M rs of Stephen Glap 18.
recd 7 Aug 4.35
W. C. Furness Present

Thomas G. P.

Brief in the case of Jemima Glos, d/o of Alexander Oneida County and State of New York , act July 7, 1838 ,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Satisfactory Record and parole evidence of marriage prior to 1794.
The papers on which Alexander Glos was pensioned having been lost in the Pension Office, (pro- bably mis-filed) the Commissioners have decided that (if for increase.) notwithstanding the widow did not survive the
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
passage of the Joint Resolution of July 7, 1848, having died Feb. 20, 1843, the principles of equity would authorize the admission of the pension. Such admission being in the spirit of the said Joint Resolution.
Sept. 28, 1853
Name and residence of Agent
Geo. C. Ames, Present.
Examining Clerk.
Byden Miles

State of New York, Onondaga County Sps: on this 25 th day of August 1853, personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace in the said County, Caroline Pratt of Rome, aged 42 years, who is a credible wit- ness, & who after being duly sworn says, that she well knows Alexander Glass & Lucinda his wife of Rome aforesaid, that she recollects the time of purchasing the family bible by said Alexander, in the year 1827 or 1828, & remembers that shortly after he bot the same, he wrote a record of his marriage on a leaf bound in the same, headed "family record"; that said leaf, is this day in her presence cut from said bible, & attached to this affidavit & is so attached at the time of the signing & making oath hereto, & that said record is in all respects true, according to the best of her knowledge & belief — She has no interest in claim for pension, and further saith not. —
Subscribed & sworn to on the day just above written, before me,
Caroline Pratt
Jay Hathaway Just. of Peace

State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit and thereon written, was, on the 25 th day of August 18 53 a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this
26 th day of Augt 185 3
Richard Hulbert CLERK.
Blau

State of New York, ) COUNTY, )
On this 14 day of May A. D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Alexander Glass aged 71 years years, a resident of Rome in the county of Oneida and state of New York who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is a
son of Alexander and Jemima Glass, both now, deceased, that his father Alexander Glass was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of fifty three dollars, or thereabouts, per annum, and resided at the time of his death in said Town of Rome, and at his death he left this de- ponent's Mother the said Jemima Glass his widow, and that she died in Rome Oneida County NY on the 20 th February AD 1843
Deponent further says that he is the second child of the said Alexander & Jemima Glass, and that he has always been informed that he was born in the month of June in the year 1782
Deponent further says that he knows of no public or private record relative to the Marriage of his Father & Mother Alexander Glass
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me,
George Barnard Justice
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
And I also certify that I am personally well acquainted with the above named Deponent and should judge him

to be of the age to which he has represented himself to be in the foregoing affidavit
George Barnard
Justice of the Peace
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE,
{ ss. George Barnard
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit & certificate and thereon written, was, on the 7 th day of May 1853 a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit & certificate are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 12 th day of May 1853
Richard Halbert CLERK.

Amma Giam

Home. Punaauia. N.Y. Sept 26. 1858
Dear J. L. Edwards
Wife. Enclosed are papers
of Jimena Glass under act 1838. She made application under act 1836. but the husband's statements showed he was that he lived previous to the marriage. All the proof necessary will be found among the other papers.
I think the most useful thing requested to the subscriber.
I am very Respectfully
Yours at all
Wm. J. Johnson

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss
On this 25 th day of June 1853 personally came before me Dorcas Glass, who is a credible witness, & who after being duly sworn says that she knows Alexander Glass & Lucinda his wife of Renss N.Y. that he is son of Alex: Glass Sen: a Revolutionary soldier deceased, that she knows the family bible of said Alex: Glass, & has this day seen it, & the family record therein con- tained, & that the words & figures following are therein found to wit,
"Alexander Glass was born June 10 th 1782, & was married to Lucinda Hawley June 27 th 1807"
That the foregoing is a true copy of said family record, as to the facts stated, of birth & marriage. —
Sworn & subscribed before me, on the day just above mentioned
Miss Dorcas Glass
Jay Hathaway Justice Peace
At same time & place, before me the said Justice, came Brandall Hawley of Renss aged 72 years, who after being duly sworn, says that he well knew Alexander Glass Sen: a soldier of the Revolutionary war & pensioner of the U. States since so known him, as early as 1792, '93 & '94 & after his marriage with Lucinda Gustin, & that

he lived a night or two to him at the time of his death, which occurred in Johnstown  Roman , according to his best recollection & belief in the year 1834 or 1835, & further saith not. Sworn & subscribed (Gerald H. Hall) before me, on the day just above written. J. Hathaway Justice of Peace -
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE } ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Jay Hathaway Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed jurats & certificates and thereon written, was, on the 25 th day of June 1853 a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said jurats & certificates are — is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 27 th day of June 1853
Richard Hulbert CLERK.

he lived a neighbor to him at the time of his death, which occurred in Johnstown  Roxana , according to his best recollection & belief in the year 1834 or 1835, & further saith not
Sworn & subscribed Conrad Edward Hawley before me, on the day first above written
J. Hathaway
Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Doreas Glass and Conrad Randall Hawley who have subscribed their names to the foregoing affidavits are reputable witnesses
Jay Hathaway Justice of Peace

know all men by these presents That I Alexander Glass of the town of Rome County of Oneida and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint George C Ames of Washington City My true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of Fanny Glass for any amount of Revolutionary pension that may be due, and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized to examine all papers in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington or elsewhere and to do all lawful things in relation to said claim. Witness my hand and seal this 30 th day of October 1857
State of New York
County of Oneida } ss On this 30 th day of October 1857 personally appeared Alexander Glass to me known and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
A. B. Albee Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Oneida } ss Be it known that on this 30 th day October 1857 before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Alexander Glass a resident of Rome in said County and State, and made oath according to law that he is one of the children, and administrator, of the estate of Fanny Glass, deceased, widow of Alexander Glass who was a pensioner of the United States under act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $53 69 per annum, that he is

directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my said attorney above mentioned may use in the prosecution of said claim Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above mentioned
Sworn before me Oct 10th 1851
State of New York, } ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY, }
I, ALEXANDER RAE, Clerk of the said County, Do CERTIFY, That
A. B. Blair
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this
31 st day of Oct 1851
Alexander Rae Clerk.

directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my said attorney above mentioned may use in the prosecution of said claim Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. Alexander G. Gays above mentioned
Sworn before me Octob.
30 1857
J. P. Blair Justice of the Peace
Edward Kae Clerk.

Inverness

Nov. 21, 1853
Rich Adams

State of New York County of Cortland ss. I Lewis Kingsley. Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogates Court held in and for said County - before me the said Surrogate at Cortlandville on the 17 th day of November 1853. It was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court. Viz from the affidavits of Caroline Orentt and Ruth A Sheldon of the Town of Rome Oneida County N.Y. that Jennima Glass, late of the Town of Deerfield in Oneida County N.Y. widow of Alexander Glass - died in said town of Deerfield Oneida Co. N.Y. on the 20 th day of February 1843. and at her death she left the following named children her surviveing Viz - Alexander Glass - of Rome Oneida County New York, - John Glass - of Watertown Jefferson County New York - and Lucinda who is now Lucinda Lewis of Utica Oneida County N.Y. That they are her only children her surviveing and that each of them is over twenty one years of age And I further certify that it appears from a certificate from the Surrogate of Oneida County N.Y. that Alexander Glass of Rome in said County is duly appointed Administrator of the estate of the said Jennima Glass deceased and that he has given security to the amount of one thousand dollars and is legally authorized and qualified to act as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 17 th day of November 1853
Lewis Kingsley Surrogate

no 2062 (see no 1) a Jemima Glasp, near Alexander New York
July 7, 1838.
He died Jan. 2, 1834, She died Feb 20, 1843,
G. C. Ames, Parent

State of New York County of Oneida
SS On this Fifth day of October A.D. 1852 personally appeared before the Surrogates Court holden at Rome in said County the same being a Court of Record Alexander Glass, (as the representative of Jennina Glass deceased) of Rome Oneida County New York aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, That this deponent is a Son of the late widow Jennina Glass, widow of Alexander Glass, late a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $53 33 / 100 per annum and who died on the 2 d day of January 1834, leaving his widow the above named Jennina Glass who remained his widow till her death and that she died on the 20 th day of February 1843 (Eighteen hundred and forty three) That the said Alexander Glass was married to the said Jennina, then Jennina Austin in Stafford, County of Tolland and State of Connecticut in 1819, That the said widow at her death left the following named children her surviving, being her only children her surviving and that each of them is

of the age of twenty one years and upwards to wit; Alexander Glass of Rome Oneida County N.Y. Lucinda who is now Lucinda Lewis of Utica Oneida County N.Y. and John Glass of Watertown Jefferson County N.Y. Alexander Glass Subscribed and sworn before the Court at the day and date first above written
Othniel St. Charles Surrogate of Oneida Co. N.Y.

N 2062 Mme. Eliza July 5-1837 Oct 1838
(2062)
B. P. Johnson
B. P. Johnson Esq.
Rome
Oneida Co.
N.Y.
J. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
FREE
Rome
New York

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York, } County of Oneida, }
On this tenth day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of said county, Jemima Glass a resident of Rome in the county aforesaid, aged 80 (tenuis) years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half-pay and Pensions to certain Widows," that she is the widow of Alexander Glass late of Johnstown Montgomery Co NY who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States, and a statement of whose services may be found on records of Pension office Washington (— This deponent made application under act of 1836 supposing that her husband's services were stated in his application as continuing after marriage — but from a letter from War Department, it appears that his services closed as there stated before her marriage — See letter annexed — Amongst her papers sent by this deponent is a record of her marriage, with the said Alexander Glass .
She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Glass , at Stafford Conn. on the twenty fifth day of November in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander Glass died on the Second day of January 1834. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, 1794 viz; at the time above stated. — Her maiden name Jemima Gustin —
Sworn to and subscribed on } Jemima Glass the day and year above written } before the subscriber Jemima — from old age.

and unfortunately she is unable to appear in person in a per- court
Simon Cornstock Judge of Oneida Com. Pleas
State of New York Oneida County ss
Elijah Hawley being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Jimmie Glass and has known her and her husband Alexander Glass for many years - That said Alexander Glass was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and that he died soon about the 20 th day of January 1834. and that she has remained a widow ever since her death, and still continues a widow.
Elijah Hawley
Sworn before me this day of January 1834 I declare this as true of credibility truth & Veracity
Simon Cornstock Judge of Oneida Com. Pleas

Clerks office Oneida County
I James Dean Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Anson Comstock before whom the foregoing two depositions were taken, was and still is a Judge of the said County of Oneida, duly authorized to take affidavits - That
I am well acquainted with his handwriting - and the above signatures are in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 13 th day of September 1838.
James Dean Clerk.
J. S. Johnson, Esq. Rome, New York.

War Department
Pension Office
July 5th 1837.
Sir,
The papers of Lemina Glass, widow of Alexander Glass, have been examined and filed. The claimant, according to the record produced, purporting to be the original family records, was married in the month of November 1779; her husband, it would seem from the statement made in his application for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832, left the service nearly two years previous to that time. This claim cannot be allowed under the law of July 4 1836.
I am, respectfully, Your obt Servt. J L Edward
B. P. Johnson, Esq Rensselaer, New York.